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"Computer viruses can be a nightmare. Some can wipe out the information on a hard drive, tie up traffic on a computer network for hours, turn an innocent machine into a zombie and replicate and send themselves to other computers. If you've never had a machine fall victim to a computer virus, you may wonder what the fuss is about. But the concern is understandable -- according to Consumer Reports, computer viruses helped contribute to $8.5 billion in consumer losses in 2008 [source: MarketWatch]. Computer viruses are just one kind of online threat, but they're arguably the best known of the bunch."

"Animation companies in India and France are to unite for the £7 million project to reproduce the entertainer's slapstick in computer-generated images. More than 100 six-minute episodes will be produced aimed at children aged six and above. They will not have any dialogue like his film originals and are expected to hit screens from early next year. Spokesman Aton Soumache said: "It won't be a realistic portrayal but more like a puppet in an offbeat universe. We'll put him in modern situations but at the same keeping his poetic, childlike view of the world with a retro feel." The episodes have been inspired by sketches and gags culled from 70 short films made by Chaplin, who was born in Walworth, London, and died in 1977. "

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